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U.S.  DEPOSITORY 


March  1.  1921. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  BIOLOGICAL  SURVEY. 

E.  W.   Nelson,  Chief  of  Bureau. 


SERVICE  AND  REGULATORY  ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  PROTECTION  OF  GAME  IN  CERTAIN 
LOCALITIES  IN  ALASKA. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture by  section  2  of  the  act  of  May  11.  1908  (35  Stat.,  102;  Com- 
piled Laws  of  Alaska,  sec.  331),  entitled,  "An  act  to  amend  an  act 
entitled  'An  act  for  the  protection  of  game  in  Alaska,  and  for  other 
purposes,'  approved  June  7,  1902,"  the  following  regulations  for  the 
protection  of  game  in  Alaska  are  made  and  published  to  take  effect 
March  1,  1921 : 

REGULATION   1.— OPEN  SEASONS   FOR  BIG  GAME, 

The  killing  of  deer  in  southeastern  Alaska  east  of  longitude  141°  is  hereby 
limited  to  deer  having  horns  not  less  than  3  inches  long,  and  the  season  for 
killing  such  deer  is  limited  to  the  period  from  September  1  to  November  15, 
both  dates  inclusive. 

The  killing  of  moose,  caribou,  and  mountain  sheep  in  Alaska  north  of  latitude 
62°  is  hereby  limited  to  the  period  from  August  20  to  December  31,  both  dates 
inclusive. 

The  killing  of  mountain  goats  east  of  Cook  Inlet  and  the  Susitna  Iiiver 
(except  on  the  eastern  part  of  the  Kenal  Peninsula,  as  specified  in  Regulation  9) 
and  in  southeastern  Alaska  east  of  longitude  141°  is  hereby  limited  to  the 
period  from  August  20  to  October  31,  both  dates  inclusive. 

REGULATION  2.— LIMITS. 

The  number  of  deer  that  may  be  killed  by  any  one  person  during  the  open 
season  in  southeastern  Alaska  east  of  longitude  141°  is  hereby  limited  to  three. 
The  number  of  goats  that  may  be  killed  by  any  one  person  during  the  open 
season  is  hereby  limited  to  three. 

REGULATION  3.— THE   KILLING  OF   FEiMALES   AND   YOUNG   OF   CERTAIN    ANIMALS. 

The  killing  of  female  mountain  sheep,  female  deer,  mountain-sheep  lambs, 
mountain-goat  kids,  and  fawns  of  deer  and  caribou  south  of  the  Arctic  Circle 
is  hereby  prohibited. 

REGULATION  4.— DEER   ON   CERTAIN   ISLANDS. 

The  killing  of  deer  on  Kodiak  Island  and  Long  Island  ;  on  the  Islands  of 
Hawkins,  Hinchinbrook,  and  Montague,  in  Prince  William  Sound ;  and  on  the 
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following  islands  in  southeastern  Alaska:  Duke  Island,  near  Dixon  Entrance; 
Gravina  Island,  near  Ketchikan;  Kruzof  Island,  west  of  Sitka  ;  San  Juan  Island 
and  Suemez  Island,  near  Klawak;  and  Zereinbo  Island,  near  Wrangell,  is  hereby 
prohibited  until  March  1,  1923. 

REGULATION    5.— THE    SALE    OF    DEER    MEAT    IN    SOUTHEASTERN    ALASKA,    AND 
POSSESSION    OF   DEER   AND   PARTS    THEREOF   KILLED   IN   CLOSE    SEASON. 

The  sale,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  deer  meat  in  southeastern  Alaska  east  of 
longitude  141°  is  hereby  prohibited;  and  no  deer  meat  shall  be  procured  for 
serving  and  served  in  any  boarding  house,  cafe,  cannery,  eating  house,  hotel, 
mess  house,  or  restaurant  by  the  proprietor  thereof  or  his  agent,  in  southeastern 
Alaska  east  of  longitude  141°,  and  no  deer  meat  or  caribou  meat  shall  be  received 
or  served  on  board  any  steamer  or  other  vessel  in  the  waters  of  the  South 
Coast  of  Alaska  between  Unimak  Pass  and  Dixon  Entrance.  Possession  of  deer, 
or  any  part  thereof,  killed  in  the  close  season,  is  prohibited,  except  possession 
thereof  by  natives,  miners,  and  explorers  in  accordance  with  the  exemptions 
contained  in  section  1  of  the  Alaska  game  law  of  May  11,  1908  (35  Stat.,  102, 
Compiled  Laws  of  Alaska,  sec.  331). 

REGULATION  6.— SALE  OF  MEAT,  CARCASSES  OR  PARTS  THEREOF  OF  MOOSE, 
CARIBOU,  MOUNTAIN  SHEEP,  AND  MOUNTAIN  GOATS,  IN  PARTS  OF  SOUTHERN 
ALASKA. 

The  sale,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  the  meat,  carcasses  or  parts  thereof,  of 
moose,  caribou,  mountain  sheep,  or  mountain  goats,  in  Alaska  south  of  the 
summit  of  the  Chugach  or  Coast  Range  Mountains,  including  all  of  the  Kenai 
Peninsula,  and  the  Alaska  Peninsula,  and  thence  east  to  longitude  141°,  and  the 
shipping  of  the  meat,  carcasses  or  parts  thereof,  of  said  animals,  for  sale  from 
Anchorage,  Seward,  or  other  points  on  the  Kenai  Peninsula  or  from  points  on 
the  Alaska  Peninsula,  is  hereby  prohibited ;  and  no  meat,  carcasses  or  parts 
thereof,  of  said  animals  shall  be  accepted  for  shipment  to  other  points  in  Alaska 
unless  accompanied  by  affidavit  of  the  owner  that  they  were  not  purchased  and 
are  not  intended  for  sale. 

The  meat  of  moose,  caribou,  mountain  sheep,  or  mountain  goats,  shall  not  be 
procured  for  serving  and  served  in  any  boarding  house,  cafe,  cannery,  eating 
house,  hotel,  mess  house,  or  restaurant  by  the  proprietor  thereof  or  his  agent 
in  Alaska  south  of  the  summit  of  the  Chugach  or  Coast  Range  Mountains, 
including  all  of  the  Kenai  Peninsula  and  the  Alaska  Peninsula,  and  thence  east 
to  longitude  141°. 

REGULATION  7.— HIRING  HUNTERS  PROHIBITED. 

The  hiring  of  any  person,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  kill  or  capture  game  birds 
or  game  animals  for  any  boarding  house,  cafe,  cannery,  eating  house,  hotel, 
mess  house,  or  restaurant  in  Alaska  south  of  the  Arctic  Circle  is  hereby  pro- 
hibited. 

REGULATION  8.— HUNTING  DEER   OR  MOOSE   WITH   ARTIFICIAL   LIGHTS. 

Hunting  or  killing  deer  or  moose  in  southeastern  Alaska  with  the  aid  of  tires 
or  with  the  use  of  jacklights,  searchlights,  or  other  artificial  lights  is  pro- 
hibited. 

REGULATION  9.— KILLING  OF  CARIBOU  AND  MOUNTAIN  SHEEP  ON  THE  KENAI 

PENINSULA. 

The  killing  of  caribou  on  the  Kenai  Peninsula  is  hereby  prohibited  until 
March  1,  1923. 


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The  killing  of  mountain  sheep  and  mountain  goats  in  the  eastern  part  of  the 
Kenai  Peninsula  east  of  longitude  150°  (the  location  of  which  is  indicated  by 
a  north  ana  south  line  passing  through  the  Stalter  Place  on  Kenai  River)  is 
.hereby  prohibited  until  March  1,  1923. 

REGULATION  10.— KILLING  GAME  AND   BIRDS  TO   FEED  DOGS  AND   FOXES. 

?so  game  animal  or  game  bird  shall  be  killed,  and  no  such  animal  or  bird  or 
the  carcasses  or  parts  thereof  shall  be  sold,  purchased,  or  procured,  for  the 
purpose  of  feeding  them  to  foxes  or  other  fur-bearing  animals  in  captivity  or 
■to  dogs  boarded  for  pay. 

REGULATION  11.— PREVENTING  DESTRUCTION  OF  GAME  BY  DOGS. 

Killing  or  permitting  ^he  killing  of  moose,  deer,  caribou,  mountain  sheep,  or 
mountain  goats  with  dogs,  permitting  any  of  the  said  animals  to  be  killed  by 
•dogs,  or  permitting  dogs  to  hunt  moose,  deer,  caribou,  mountain  sheep,  or  moun- 
tain goats,  in  Alaska  south  of  the  Arctic  Circle  is  hereby  prohibited.  On  the 
Kenai  Peninsula  no  dogs  shall  be  allowed  to  run  at  large  or,  unless  accom- 
panied by  or  under  the  immediate  control  of  their  owners  or  custodians,  shall 
he  allowed  outside  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  towns  of  Hope,  Kenai,  Roose- 
velt, Seldovia,  Seward,  and  Sunrise.  For  the  purposes  of  this  regulation  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  towns  shall  be  -'considered  to  mean  1  mile  in  any 
direction  from  the  post  office. 

REGULATION  12.— USE  OF  POISONS  TO  KILL  PREDATORY  ANIMALS. 

The  use  of  strychnine  or  other  poisons  in  killing  predatory  animals  in  Alaska 
is  forbidden,  except  that  poison  may  be  used  under  official  directions  for  the 
destruction  of  wolves  and  coyotes  by  game  and  fur  wardens  of  the  Department 
of  Agriculture  and  by  game  wardens  in  the  Territorial  service. 

On  and  after  March  1,  1921.  all  regulations  for  the  protection  of 
game  in  Alaska  made  and  published  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
under  authority  of  the  Alaska  game  law  prior  to  the  regulations 
hereby  made  and  published,  except  the  regulations  of  August  1,  1908, 
relating  to  the  collection  of  specimens  for  scientific  purposes  and  the 
capture  or  shipment  of  live  animals  and  birds  for  exhibition  or 
propagation,  and  the  export  of  specimens  from  Alaska,  shall  be  and 
are  hereby  revoked. 

In  testimony  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  official 
seal  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  this  21st  clay  of  February,  1921. 

[seal.]  E.  T.  Meredith, 

Secretary  of  Agriculture, 


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